Caesar\'s bridges across the Rhine

[Epictetus]

There are other instances of Caesar using boats to cross rivers in the Gallic War. He didn't build bridges whenever he wanted to move his army from one bank to the other. So crossing the Rhine was different. Perhaps it was its size?

There was also another instance of some bad luck with a boat crossing. In 1.12 he surprises the Helvetti crossing by a bridge of boats and massacres a portion of their army. Caesar then built a bridge (1.13) for himself, but the text doesn't make clear if it is another bridge of boats or one like he would later build over the Rhine.

Here he boasts about speed again. It took the Helvetti 20 days to cross but only 1 day for him.